Articles on U.S. Pain Policy

Chronic Pain Treatment Policy
Controlled Substances Policy
Food and Drug Policy
Reimbursement Policy
State Medical Board Policy
Prescription Drug Abuse, Diversion, and Monitoring Programs
Concern About Regulatory Scrutiny
Concern About Addiction
Pain Commissions/Summits
Assisted Suicide and Pain
Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative

• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1995 Intractable pain treatment laws and regulations
• 1997 State Intractable Pain Policy: Current Status
• 1997 The Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
  

  Consensus statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society

• 1990 Federal and state regulation of opioids
• 1990 A new drug law for the states
• 1992 State controlled substances laws and pain control
• 1992 Pain and euthanasia: the need for alternatives.
• 1993 Guiding principles of international and federal laws pertaining to medical use and diversion of controlled substances
• 1993 Wins and losses in pain control
• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1997 Is methadone maintenance the last resort for some chronic pain patients?

• 1990 Federal and state regulation of opioids
• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1995 Off-label uses of prescription drugs in pain management

• 1994 Healthcare Reimbursement Policies: Do they block acute and cancer pain management?
• 1994 Are health care reimbursement policies a barrier to acute and cancer pain management?

• 1994 Recent developments in pain management and regulation
• 1995 State medical board guidelines for intractable pain treatment
• 1996 Improving pain management through policy making and education for medical regulators
• 1997 State intractable pain policy: current status

• 1992 Single-copy serialized prescriptions: old regulation in new clothing?
• 1993 Wins and losses in pain control
• 1993 More federal drug control initiatives: Are they warranted? Will they consider the patient?
• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1994 Policy issues and imperatives in the use of opioids to treat pain in substance abusers

• 1991 Wisconsin physicians' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesic regulations
• 1992 Opioids for chronic cancer and non-cancer pain: a survey of state medical board members
• 1992 Legislating proper pain management
• 1994 Recent developments in pain management and regulation
• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1996 Improving pain management through policy making and education for medical regulators

• 1994 Policy issues and imperatives in the use of opioids to treat pain in substance abusers
• 1994 Controlled substances, medical practice, and the law
• 1995 Current thoughts on opioid analgesics and addiction

• 1994 California sponsors pain summit; Maryland fends off new regulations

• 1992 Pain and euthanasia: the need for alternatives.
• 1998 The Double Effect of Pain Medications: Separating Myth from Reality
  

• 1988 A report of the Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative
• 1990 The Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative
• 1991 Wisconsin physicians' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesic regulations

Complete references for these and other articles can be found in our bibliography.

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